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Posted May 27, 2014 05:25 pm - Updated May 27, 2014 06:06 pm

Berry: Federation of Neighborhoods thanks community for interest in candidate forum

FoN thanks Athens for interest

The Athens-Clarke County Federation of Neighborhoods would like to thank the community for embracing and participating in our May 5 candidate forum at The Melting Point. The federation also wishes to thank all of the candidates in the Athens-Clarke County mayoral and commission races for participating in the forum, and Tim Bryant, news director of local radio station WGAU, for moderating the discussion.

While our focus was on the contested races, the forum was an opportunity to meet and greet the two candidates running uncontested commission races as well.

Given the scope and length of the event, the forum focused mostly on those races with challengers, so we did not include the five uncontested races for the Clarke County Board of Education. In addition, months of planning went into our event and therefore we were unable to accommodate last-minute requests to be included.

The Federation of Neighborhoods has been and remains committed to quality programming that is of interest to our community. We have, both in the past and for the future, planned our schedule to include programs dedicated to the welfare of our children, and focused on education in Athens.

This month, we return to our new home, the Lab at Cine. The community has shown terrific support by attending our programs there in 2014. Now that the elections are over, we hope to maintain this momentum of popularity by engaging our neighbors in topical programming. We always look forward to seeing new faces at our meetings, and are hopeful that the forthcoming education-oriented program will draw new participants who have never attended a Federation of Neighborhoods meeting. Thank you again for your support.

Frances Berry

Frances Berry is president of the Athens-Clarke County Federation of Neighborhoods. This letter was written on behalf of the federation’s entire board of directors.

Berry: Federation of Neighborhoods thanks community for interest in candidate forum